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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS...
The "best man" in a wedding wasn't always the grooms best friend.
It was the strongest man who could protect the married couple and fight off kidnappers.

Now I understand why I am always preferred as BEST MAN!!!!
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In the Mysore Dasara celebrations, 21 Gun Salutes is fired from 7 Cannons.
This 21 Gun Salute is given to Goddess Chamundeshwari and is the only temple in the World where this practice is held.
These cannons are 165 years old (1856 model) and in these last 165 years, there hasn't been a single MISFIRE !!
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German Midfielder soccer player Mesut Ozil donated his entire BONUS of €300,000 received for winning the Football World Cup (2014) to pay for SURGERIES for 23 CHILDREN in Brazil.
Salute !
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FEEDING INDIA, an NGO, is collaborating with
AIRPORTS in Bengaluru,
Delhi, and
Mumbai, to collect unsold or LEFTOVER FOOD and distribute it among poor.
Till date, they distributed 30 MILLION MEALS across 82 cities.
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Japanese TRAIN DRIVERS and conductors purposely point at all the signs they pass a a way to keep FOCUS and prevent accidents.
The technique is called shisa kanko and has been in use for over 100 years!
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When put under the microscope, CRYING over
GRIEF,
HOPE, or
ONIONS
all produced a UNIQUE/DIFFERENT tear!!!
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The present Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe won the Lottery (in 2000, he was the President at that time too) organised by State owned Zimbabwe Banking Corporation.
The Prize was open to all clients who had kept Z$5000 & above.
The prize Money was Z$1,00,000!!
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The Russian city Norilsk, famous for its mining,
is so polluted that the Snow that falls is BLACK in colour and the Air tastes of Sulphur!!
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Even though most people celebrate just one Navaratri festival during September – October (Shardilya Navaratri) every year, there are actually 4 Navaratri festivals in a year !!!

Each Navaratri lasts for 9 nights and days

India has 4 seasons and so Navaratri is celebrated 4 times in a year.

Chaitra Navaratri, Ashadh Navaratri and Magh Navaratri
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Marsh’s Library in Dublin, Ireland has such rare books that those who are interested to read those books will be PUT IN CAGES to prevent them from walking off with those rare books !!!
The library is still open to the public with over 25,000 books dating back to the 15th century
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Elephants are very good swimmers. Once, an elephant was rescued from the ocean 10 miles off Sri Lanka coast -
it got caught in a current off the cost near Kokkilai but it was still swimming!
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The Statues of Michelangelo's David and the Statue of Liberty have a GREEK FOOT wherein the 2nd TOE is longer than the Big Toe as this was considered a Standard of Beauty in Ancient Greece.
Observe it when you visit these places next time!
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Saturn's moon, Titan, has an atmosphere so thick and gravity so low
that you can fly through it by flapping any sort of wings attached to your Body
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Summer on Neptune lasts for 40 years.
And guess what?..... the temperature in the Summer is minus 328°F.!
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The biggest attraction of the World famous Mysore Dasara is the GOLDEN HOWDAH (called Ambari) which is carried by A Majestic Elephant from the Mysore Palace & Banni Mantap.

This HOWDAH which carries Devi Chamundi is made entirely of GOLD and weighs *750 kgs* !!!
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Samsung has more employees than Google, Apple, and Microsoft combined.
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The Covid created zero pollution in Kedarnath Wildlife Santuary has resulted in off-season blooming of the famous BRAHMAKAMAL flower 👏
Normally seen only in July, but this year due to good Snowfall and late melting of the Snow meant the rare flower blooming even in October
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During the Mughal period, RUMALI ROTI was used like a cloth to wipe off the excess oil off the hands after the completion of an oil rich food laden with meat and fat!
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The LONGEST WAR in History lasted 335 years between Dutch and Isles of Scillly.
The Dutch had completely forgotten about the conflict & signed the treaty to sign a Declaration of Closure of War only in 1986 (War started in 1651)
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Even I had difficulty in believing this...
FIFA (the International Football Federation) has more member countries than even the United Nations!!!